Afro-rock band Osibisa have confirmed that founding member, singer and saxophonist Teddy Osei has died aged 88. In a statement on their Facebook page, the band said: "The members of Osibisa, and ...

Kari Banaman, a guitarist with the legendary highlife fusion band Osibisa, heard the seprewa played at a world-music festival in Switzerland in 2002.

Teddy Osei, the singer and founding member for the rock band Osibisa, has died. He was 88. The band announced his death on its Facebook page on January 14. “The members of Osibisa, and the band ...

They played an integral role in developing an awareness of African music among European and North American audiences in the 1970s. Before Osibisa, Teddy and Sol had played with the Star Gazers and ...

Osibisa was one of the first African bands to gain international recognition, in the 1970s.

A world-class drummer and founding member of the Osibisa band, Solomon Amarki Amarfio has been reported dead.

The death of Osibisa’s charismatic bandleader Teddy Osei is the end of an era for a generation that broke the barriers for African music.

Teddy Osei, a member of the legendary Ghanaian music band Osibisa, has sadly passed away at the age of 87 years in London on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

In 2011, Osibisa vocalist Teddy Osei – who died in January 2025, aged 88 – told Prog how the band came to make their self-titled debut album, which pioneered world music in 1971.

Osibisa has performed in far flung corners of the globe. One of the highlights is a major tour of India, which resulted in a No.1 Gold Album — an unprecedented achievement for a Western band.

The band’s name, Osibisa, comes from a word in the Fante language, meaning “highlife”. Osibisa’s fusion of Afrocentric sounds with rock, soul, jazz, and funk put them on the global music map as one of ...